Measuring-gage.



-L. M. BENEMELIS.

MEASURING GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-l6. 1917.

1,282,030. I Patented 001x22, 1918;

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IIII III L. M. BENEMEUS.

MEASURING GAGE.

APPLlCATlON FILED AUG. 16. m1.

1,282,030. Patented Oct. 22, 1918,

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. LQBENZO M. BENEMELIS, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO M; BENE- mnrirsya citizenfof the United States, residing at Pittsfield,' in' the county of Berkshireand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Measuring- Gage, of which-"the following is a specification. Myinyention'hasfor its purposeto provide animproved construction of measuring gageparticulafly designed for setting up rotary machines of scoring machines having one or' more rotary knives where the distance between the cutting edges must measure exactly alike and by the use of which a saving'oftimeand labor is efi'ected and; ahigher standard" of the product is obrained as for example, inputting visiting,

birthday, Christmas or other fancy cards on which there is one or more operations to be done, as fprinting, "scoring engraving, stampinglithographyin one or more colors, pr plate marking, single or in gang sizes;

Anotherobject' of myj'invention' is to provide an improved measuringmeans of the general character stated; in which the adjustmentcan be conveniently and quickly madeyso that all strips and all margins on cards, after printing or engraving, will be "exactly alike,thereby' making it unnecessary toupset a" gage, as isrequired-when setting 'the "iotarymachine"bythe usual or old method, sinceby'that waycard strips vary anywhere from one-sixty-fourth to onethirty-second of an inch" and sometimes moreg With other objects in -'view that will hereinafterappear, my inv'ention consists-in an improved measuring gage of the general character stated that embodies the peculiar featpres' of construction and novel arrange ment oftheparts to be first described in ca tail, specificallypointed out in the appended claims" and illustrated in the." accompanying drawings, "in which "5 Figure 1 is a front elevation} parts being in jsection,*'of-*a rotary or-scorin'g machine with myimprovementsioperatively applied. Fig;'2 is a transverse sectionthereoftaken on the "line 2-2' on Fig. 1*.1 f

FigJB is affa'ceviewofaportion of one of the -bracket's or castings, the locking pins holding memberand a portion ,ofi'theirule with-'the 'oppositely notched edges;

- Fig.4 is' a details'ection of oneof the lock MEASURING-GAGE.

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 22, 1918,

I Application filed August 16, i917. Serial No. 186,503. I

ing pins with its cooperatingnut and bushing, the pin being shown at its lifted or unlocked position.

Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section taken practically on the line 5-5 on F ig.'2.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic face view of a portion of the gage rule or member hereinafterspecifically referred to. 1

In the drawings, so much of a rotary or scoring machine is shown as is necessary to illustrate a practical application of my invention and in'the saiddrawings, I designates the shaft on which the rotary knives GGr are adjustably set and D a guide rod of the rotary or scoringmachine on'which my gage devices are endwise slidably adjusted. p C is an end bracket that includes a tubular bearing 0 which slidably engages the rod D and a downwardly extending arm "a? that is provided with a flat bearing portion in parallelism with the shaft I and formed with an angled socket 0 in which one end of the rule bar F is, secured by the screws c -c ,1as is clear'ly'shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings' The rule F also extends in parallelism with the shaft I and slidably engages a suitably shaped cross groove in a second and bracket E that slidably engages therod' D. The rule F has its opposite edges formed with tapering notches one-sixteenth of an inch wide and thejtwo sets of notches f and f are relatively so arranged that the center of the notches on one edge of the rule and the center of the notches on the other edge an inch apart.

ofothe rule are spaced one-thirty-second of To facilitate the proper setting or meas V uring operationsilthe rule or gage member F is scaled withthe usual one inch spaces,-

divided at each an inch." i G and G designate the rotary knives attached to the shaft'I and the said knives have their beveled or cutting edges aredge, into thirty-seconds? of ranged toprovide aninsideand an outside cutting edge between which" the measurements are'made.

7 Each bracket'C and E includes a pendent arm v andlE one of which 0 projects over other oradja'cent cutter Gand each ofthe one face-of the adjacent'cutter G, while the other arm E projects over'one 'face of the disk for measuring surfaces, said dishs being'retnovably attached to their respective arms 0 and E by screws h-h, as shown.

A designates a setting line on the outer face of the casting or block E for reading dimensions in sixteenths and B a setting line for reading the dimensions in thirty-seconds as clearly shown in Fig. 6. By "reference to Fig. 1 it will be also noticed that the bracket E has a longitudinal extension E provided with a pair of oppositely disposed vertical apertures c -c the purpose of which will presently appear.

,For conveniently :and accurately effecting the difi'erent predetermined adjustments of the cutter G a pair of locking pin devices, of novel design, are mounted for cooperation with the notched edges of the rule or gage F and each of :the said devices includes a bushing K hating a milled head 76 provided with transverse groove or seat and threaded as at L for engaging the internal threads c*-c in the apertures c e in the extension member Eh as shown,

'ln -eac-hbushing K is mounted a locking pin L and the inner end of each of said pins is be eled at Z, the bevels of the two op- W iosin ins "being angled to suit the ta oer v i U L, c

of the notches with which; they engage.

Each cross pin Z has a' xedly held washer or disk Z at the inner end that forms an end bearing for one end of a coil spring M, the other end of which bears against the inner end of the bushing, as is best shown in F'gsl and l, which also show the lock .pin that cooperates with the sixteenth inch taper notches in the upper edge of the rule or gage F as being in interlocked engage nient with the said gage F, the othergoropposits pin being shown as pulled out of engagement with the adjacent, notches and held up against the tension of itsspring by a cross pin Z that rests on the bushing and out of the groove -73 to thereby bring the tapered or 'beyeledend of the said pin on a plane at right angles to the said notches. See upper lock pin on Fig. 1. c

From the-foregoing taken in connection with the drawings, the complete construction, tllelnilllllfil of use and the advantages of my invention willbe readily apparent to thoseskil-led in'this art.

When measuring in thirty-seconds, the lower edge of the rule is used and, when measuring in sixteenths, the lower locking pin L is pulled up as indicated on "F ig. l) until the cross pin Z is out of the crossslot 701 and by thenrgiying the said lock pin a half turn, the said cross pin Z will thenrest on the head of the bushing f and the pin then held as shown in which inclicates the measuring ge as set 33; inches.

:As before stated. the pin L used for measring thirty-seconds is shown as outof .encent with the lower row o'l notchesand to hold it out or" the way and their gi t turned at right angles to the said notches, out of the i'vay as it were; The as positioned indicate a 3% or 3 inches space betweenit'he cutting. edgeswof the cutters G and G If a 3 inch measurement is wanted, all that is necessary is to pull out the bottom locking pin and give it a half tupn t as other or upper locking pin a half turn which would then bring the cross pin Z in line with 1 the cross groove is and on then releasing the said pin Z, the spring tension will pull said upper-pin inwardly and cause its bQYQlBd edge to engage a notchi'in'thewnow station'- arily held gage-F and iirseating in the v-sa-id notch, the bracket E will be moved Tin; the direction indicatedby the arrows an monethirty-second of an inch, thus setting? he member as the stop against which the cutter G can beshifted and to bring the cutting. edge of the two cutters 53ginhss apart, it being understood that when thus set andthe cutter G is made fasttothesha-ft l by its set screw until a further spacing of the two cutti'n g edges is required.

By referring 111018 particularly to Fig. 6, it will be noticed that both the upper and the lower edges of the member Fihave like tapered notches, in ;practice, each-onesixteenthot an inchwide and the opposing 9 sets of notches are-relatively so formedthat the centeror apex point oi? the .Inotches at one side comes on the one-sixteenth'.oneeighththree-sixteenths-one (quarter and so on, and on theo'ther side the center or apex points of the notches come on the one --thirty second-three ethirtyl-secondsfive thirty -'secondsseyen-thirty -.seconds and so on. p g p I reason; of such correlationof i thetwo sets of notches, inxmaking lthe gage memh er F, after all the notches ware out on vthe lower ed e of the said member iEgeitiis :only necessary to set .the t-alole of i-theenachine hack one-thirty-second of an inch and then cut the notches on the upper edge of the rule or member F, thus naki-ngia :difi'erence oi onethirty-seoond of an inch isidewise from center of the bottomnotch to the-center of the topanotch. a I

The locking :pin for the, upper set of notches locks one vin every other one of riihQ thirty-second notches. e I

Whilelhave1shownandrdescribed.nay-innproved measuring gage devicesas especially 120 designed for use in connection 5 with :a pair of spaced-cutters, it is 'to'be understood that the same maybe-adapited-foruseeither with one repair or anyv multiple pairs ofisuch "-outters, as there mlglltbt) tworortwelve cutter-s 125 on the same cutter earrying'shaft, thatfiepending upon the class of work-the machine would have to do. V V I c a i "While I have particularly referredw rotary or stripping machines .IQGIQ" .particu- .30

la-rly used for stripping card stock, such machines, in some machine shops, are also used for stripping light weight and verythin metal.

They are also used in the manufacture of leather goods, photo mounts, book binding and paper box machines.

My improved gage can also be used on creasing machines or any machines which have one or more knives on a shaft and where the knives have to be spaced an equal distance apart.

What I claim is:

1. In a measuring gage for machines of the character stated, which machines include a rotary shaft and a pair of rotary cutters, one of which is fixed on the shaft and the other slidably mounted thereon; a bracket stationary relatively to the fixed cutter and having a member for engaging the fixed cutter, another bracket that is movably mounted with respect to the first mentioned bracket and has a member for engaging with the movable cutter, a gage member secured to the first mentioned bracket and projected in a plane parallel with the aforesaid rotary shaft, and said movable bracket being slidably mounted on the gage member and means cooperative with the movable bracket and the gage member for detachably securing the movable bracket and the slidable cutter in adjusted positions.

2. A measuring gage for machines of the character stated, which machines include a rotary shaft and at least one pair of spaced cutters mounted thereon, one of which is fixed on the shaft, the other of the said out ters slidably engaging the shaft; a bracket fixedly held relatively to the stationary cutter, another bracket movable to and from the other bracket and having engagement with the slidable cutter, a gage member secured to the first mentioned bracket in parallelism with the cutter carrying shaft, the

said gage member having V-shaped notches and a device on the movable bracket adapted for being shifted to engage the beveled faces of the notches of the gage member for moving the said movable bracket and the slidable cutter engaged thereby along the cutter carrying shaft.

3. In a measuring gage of the character stated, comprising a gaging bracket, a ratchet bar projected from the said bracket, the ratchet elements being cut to a definite 7 scale, a second gaging bracket relatively slidable along the ratchet bar to and from the first mentionedfbracket. and cooperative latch devices on the said bracket for engaging the said ratchet bar to shift the movable bracket and hold it definitely spaced apart from the other bracket.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 4.v In a measuring gage for scoring and stripping machines comprising a gaging uitely spaced apart, said second bracket hav- 7 ing a passage through which the bar projects, the said bar including a graduated scale section, the face of which is exposed through the said passage in the said second bracket, the said second bracket having a fixed indicator mark cooperating with the said scale.

5. A gage for scoring and stripping machines consisting of a gaging bracket, a ratchet bar projected from said bracket, the ratchet elements being cut to a definite scale, a second gaging bracket relatively slidable toward and from the first bracket and a cooperative latch device on the said second bracket for engaging the ratchet bar to hold the said brackets definitely spaced apart, the said ratchet bar having two like series of teeth along the opposite edges thereof, the teeth along one edge being arranged in staggered relation With'the teeth along the other edge.

6. In a gage mechanism for scoring and stripping machines and which includes a rotary shaft and a pair of scoring cutters mounted thereon, one of which is fixedly held and the other one slidable on the shaft to and from the other cutter, a gagingbracket fixedly held relatively to the fixedly held cutter, a gaging arm attached to the said fixed bracket and projected in parallelism with the cutter carrying shaft, said gaging arm having a central scale surface and the opposite" edges provided with like spaced notches, a second gaging bracket in which the gage arm extends, the said second bracket being slidably mounted to move to and from the other bracket, the said second bracket having a member for engaging'the slidable cutter, the said notches in the opposite edges of the gage bar arranged in staggered relation for effecting difierent distantspacingof the. slidable bracket and individual devices for each set of notches notches.

LORENZO M. BENEMELIS.

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